An interventional study of Wellness Intervention in Burnout, Healthcare Workers, Anxiety and Wellness Program, sponsored by University of Nevada, Reno. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-25.
Sponsored by University of Nevada, Reno · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Residency is a challenging time in a physician's career. The investigators hope this study will provide a new wellness support model for residency programs to use for resident physicians. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a wellness support model for residency programs that is lead by licensed counselors. The investigators expect that participating resident physicians will feel and perform better in their job and your life with this additional support.
Residency training has been identified as a challenging time in a physician's career. Prior studies have identified the positive effects of wellness support services on resident and attending physician wellbeing and burnout. A recent systematic review in PLoS One identified only one study in which counselors or psychologists, as opposed to peer mentors or other professionals including coaches, were utilized for the mental health wellness intervention. These studies show a benefit for some but not all metrics studied. Professional therapists may have additional skills or insight that may enhance wellness interventions. To help improve physician wellness at the University Health (UNR Plumas) Clinic, the investigators have developed an evidence based counselor wellness support group. The study will be a parallel group randomized controlled trial that seeks to build upon the above literature but also introduce additional novel components. Specifically, the study will utilize trained mental health counselors, instead of online or in person coaches or trained peer support, to provide in person physician wellness services to resident physicians. It will track the efficacy of a longitudinal, evidence-based curriculum by collecting data on wellness, depression, and anxiety using standard metrics, with the goal of increasing physician wellness in a cost-effective manner.
467 studies on the registry are indexed under Burnout, Psychological; 121 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 80 across 343 interventional studies indexed under Burnout, Psychological.
Browse Burnout, Psychological studies →University of Nevada, Reno is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.
Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (20%) have results posted.
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-All internal medicine residents at the University of Nevada, Reno whose continuity clinic site is the University Health (UNR Plumas) Clinic for the 2025-2026 academic year will be offered the opportunity to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
Evidenced based, counselor lead wellness intervention that will provide psychoeducational peer support/peer process groups. Topics may include: work/life balance, resilience building, stress management, self- care practices, imposter syndrome, psychological effects, compassion fatigue, peer support, and mindfulness practices. Other evidence based therapeutic concepts, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), may also be introduced as appropriate. The intervention group will also receive standard access to all mental health and wellness interventions at the university.
Behavioral: Wellness Intervention
Standard access to all mental health and wellness interventions at the university.
Licensed counselors will provide evidence based curricula on the following: work/life balance, resilience building, stress management, self- care practices, imposter syndrome, psychological effects, compassion fatigue, peer support, and mindfulness practices.
The World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)
The WHO-5 is a self-report instrument measuring mental well-being. It consists of five statements relating to the past two weeks. Each statement is rated on a 6-point scale, with higher scores indicating better mental well-being. Specifically, a score of 0 indicates the participant taking the survey has "At no time" experienced the statement in question, while a score of 5 indicates the participant experiences the statement "All of the time." A gradient of numbers in between 0-5 represents increasing in frequency of the given experience. The instrument has been translated into over 30 languages.
Time frame: Approximately 10 months
Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ - 9)
Graded measurement of general depression severity. Participants answer 9 questions with scores from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) for each question to determine depression severity. Higher numbers indicate higher possible depression severity.
Time frame: ~10 months
GAD 7
Seven question general anxiety metric. Participants rate questions from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) to give a general measure of anxiety severity. Higher numbers indicate higher anxiety severity.
Time frame: ~10 months
Plan to share: No
Ran from Jul 2025 to primary completion in Jun 2026, 11 months.
Of 253 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Burnout, Psychological, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24. This study's 11 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 260 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24.
Primary completion moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: May 2026 → Jun 2026, on Sep 25, 2026.
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How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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